IRAQI CITIZENS TURN IN WEAPONS CACHES

CENTCOM ^ | Jan. 9, 2004

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

	NEWS RELEASE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 9, 2004
Release Number: 04-01-20


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


IRAQI CITIZENS TURN IN WEAPONS CACHES

MOSUL, Iraq – Concerned citizens turned in large caches of weapons Jan. 7 to soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in northwest Iraq.

Two high level Ba’ath Party officials, one from the town of Tal Afar and one from Zumar, turned in weapons to soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT). The collections included 69 AK-47s, 98 magazines, 98 82-millimeter mortar rounds and a sandbag full of mortar fuses.

Members of the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity, a concerned group of locals, turned in one 57-millimeter high explosive round, 15 hand grenades, 200 7.62 rounds, two heavy machine guns, 50 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds and 24 60-millimeter mortar rounds to the 3rd BCT.

A local citizen also turned in two surface-to-air missiles to the Division Main headquarters in Mosul.

The continuing cooperation from the local former Ba’ath party members signifies a willingness to assist the Coalition in rebuilding and reconstruction efforts in northern Iraq.

The 101st continues security efforts to maintain a safe and secure environment and further ongoing reconstruction efforts in northern Iraq.

[taxcontrol]

Good haul. You can make a LOT of IEDs from 98 mortars.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Ba’ath Party officials....69 AK-47s, 98 magazines, 98 82-millimeter mortar rounds and a sandbag full of mortar fuses.

...Coalition for Iraqi National Unity, a concerned group of locals...57-millimeter high explosive round, 15 hand grenades, 200 7.62 rounds, two heavy machine guns, 50 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds and 24 60-millimeter mortar rounds...

A local citizen also turned in two surface-to-air missiles...

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[My2Cents]

An answer to prayer!

[OXENinFLA]

Hearts & Minds


Did this come out of the Mortar attack,that wounded 34 and killed 1, the other day?

I heard that the Army didn't fire back and afterward Iraqis living where the shots came from came forward and were PO'ed that it was their neighborhood that was used as a launching pad.

[blackie]

101st Airborne Division, Iraq-ization ~ Bump!

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[Sacajaweau]

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[Alamo-Girl]

Volley bttt!

[tracer]

Nothing new here.

The Washington, DeeCee Metro Poe-leese have been sponsoring such initiatives for years...... 8~)

[BagCamAddict]

I don't understand why every inch of that country hasn't been scanned with a magnetometer.

[STFrancis]

It's amazing if you think about it... Just how MUCH cooperation does it take for someone to come forward and REPORT about it. Lot's of folks probably knew... but it takes REAL guts to actually come forward and do the right thing.

Those people are to be commended...

[yoe]

A Freeper Salute to the 101st Airborne Division!!”

(Whistle the National Anthem - stand and salute)

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

             

Salute, (whistling (?) *g*), ping!
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[PhilDragoo]

The continuing cooperation from the local former Ba’ath party members signifies a willingness to assist the Coalition in rebuilding and reconstruction efforts in northern Iraq.

Signifies their sense of mortality sans virgins.

[mware]

I suspect that between the bomb that killed all the kids and the one today at the mosque, the Iraqic people are getting fed up with the out of towners who are killing them.